Daily Learning Target(s): By the end of class, students will be able to...
  • analyze text as evidenced by reading, discussion and annotations.
Due Today:
  • Portfolio Documents
Homework:
Essential Question(s):
  • What is modernism and its author's philosophical assumptions?
  • How am I prepared for college and life after high school?

Important Deadlines/Reminders

  • Junior Portfolio Presentations Thursday, May 12 3:15-6:15 in Library!
  • Be prepared to learn and participate!
‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍Agenda

1.Learning Logs: Update

3. Quick Write:
  • Respond to the following quote in any way:
    • Joseph Cambell: "The hero is today running up against a hard world that is in no way responsive to his spiritual need" Modern society has become a "stagnation of in-authentic lives and .... living that evokes nothing of our spiritual life, our potentialities, or even our physical courage". According to Campbell, the times we live in are hostile to heroism.
3. "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Elliot
  • Pre-read
  • Read and annotate